Private 16801 George Sephton Lydiate

Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 7th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 18/12/1915

Age at death: 31
Date of death: 18th of November 1916 (Saturday)
Born: Bickerstaffe, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Contay British Cemetery Contay - VIII. D. 3.

Family details:
Son of John and Esther Lydiate.

Census details:
1891 - Not found. 1901 - 17 years old 'Sanitary Pipe Labourer' George is staying at the Star Inn, Rainford with widowed publican aunt Mary Lydiate (63), her son George (32) and relatives Mary A Ashurst (24), William Moss (4). 1911 - George S is 27 employed as a Coal Hewer and living with Uncle William Lloyd 50 at 1 Ormskirk Road, Rainford.

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=17]George Is Remembered On the Rainford CofE School Memorial[/url] [url=lmem.php?lmem=40]Also remembered on Rainford (All Saints) Parish Church Memorial[/url]

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/LydiateC.jpg[/pic] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/LydiateCS.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/LydiateG_SLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/16801GeorgeSephtonLydiate.jpg[/pic][caption]The Ormskirk Advertiser - Courtesy Richard Houghton[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/George_Sephton_Lydiate.jpg[/pic] [caption]A dedication to Private George S Lydiate at Rainford (All Saints) Churchyard (Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/GS_Lydiate_SLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private George S Lydiate at Contay British Cemetery, Contay (Photo courtesy of Richard Houghton.[/caption]